>>> Don't worry about Markus, most maintainers (myself included) ignore his >>> comments on patches. The commit message here is fine. >> >> Would such a response mean also that you are occasionally ignoring requirements >> from a referenced Linux development guideline? > > I do ignore it from time to time, yes. Being a stickler to the > guidelines wastes everybody's time (just like this discussion). > That said, the tense used in this patch is perfectly in-line with the > guideline you reference. Partly, yes. > "Add Star64 board devicetree" is in the imperative This information fits to the summary phrase. > and the commit message body contains additional information about > the board's configuration. I hope that further contributors can follow the recommendation better also for the imperative mood in changelogs. https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.9#n94 Regards, Markus
